Inking attachment for type-writers.



V. A. KEMPER. INKING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITERS. APPLICATION FILED 3113.13, 1911.

1,004,175. Patented 116 11 21 19 1.

2 v VIRGIL A. KEMPER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

INKING ATIACHIVIEN'1 FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 13, 1911.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

Serial No. 608,218.

all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VinoimA. Knnrnu, a

citizen of the United States, residing at 1-Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and :Statoo'f Missouri, have invented new and .My invention relates to an attachment for "typewriters, and more particularly to a ribbonless inking device therefor.

i The principal object. of my invention is to provide a device whereby the ribbons now ;in use arodone completely away with, the

ink being'supplied to the type faces by meansof a sponge or other absorbent; substance placed in such position as to cause the type bars to barely graze the ink wetled i vide such a device as the above which may surface on their way to the platen roller.

Another ob ect of my invention is'lo pro be easily applied to any of the machines "now in use and which may be adjusted in any desired position thereon in order to provide' 'the proper contact between the type "facesand the inking surface.

Another object of .my invention is to pro vide a device oi the above nature the mking" member of which may be easily and quickly removed in order to be reinked, or for any other desired purpose.

\Vith the ii'oren'oin and other ob'ects inview my invention consists in such dei ails oi constructioi'i and in the arrangement and cmnbination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail referenc will be had to the acconipanying drawii wherein like characters denote like 01' corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which 1- Figure 1 is a view o'l' my'invoniion partly in elevation, and partly in set t ion as seen wlr-n sitting directly ini ront ol' a typewriter (not shown). Fig. 2 is a View in elevation taken at right angles to Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the 'levice. Fig. 4 is a detailed view of the spring adjusting mechanism, and Fig. 5 is a. detailed view of the ball or socket construction whereby a high degree of adjustment may be secured.

In the drawings the numeral 1 represents a. portion of a typewriter frame. Ituvill be understood that my attachment can be connected to any part of the frame, provided it is attached in some posiiion as to permit the inking surface to be so adjusted as to cause the type faces to brush by said surface when the keys of the machineare touched. In carrying my invention into practice an arm or standard is connected to the frame in any suitable mamnr, bolts being the fastening means which I disclose in the drawings. This standard may be solid if preferred or may be made in two parts 2 and 3 asillustratcd, this Form bein shown merely for convenience and simplicity in the construction of the ball and socket joints hereinafter described. The two portions of the stand ard may be connected together by means of rivets or other fastening devices 4. The upper end of one arm is enlarged and per- -loratcd as at 5, the upper end of the other part ol .he standard being also enlarged and having a recess formed therein in the shape oi a hemisphere as shown at G. A

thumb screw l the bal 8. Connected to the ball is an arm S). This arm ma be connected to the ball in any suitable manner, but a bolt and nut connection such as that shown at 1() permits a higher degree of adjustment to be attained. ()n the swinging end of the arm 9 is eo nected a socket 11 by means of a bolt and nut. joint 12. This socket is internally screw threaded and is adapted to receive a metnber 13, which forms a pass in which may be cemented or otherwise attached tl'ereto, a sponge it or similar device of any other suitable absorbent ma erial.

(lonnertul to the frame of the typewriter is a plate lo, which carries a bracket 16 thereon, which bracket has an outwardly turned arm having a perforation in which a rod 17 is slidablo. The bracket 16 is disposed at such an angle on the plate l5 as to direct the rod 17 at the proper inclination toward the swinging end of the arm 9.

One end of tlie rod 17 is screw threaded as at 18,:1 thumb not it) being mounted on said screw threaded end so deposed as to be adapted to come in contact with the outwardly turned arm of the bracket 16. The other end of the rod 17 has connected to it a. tension spring 18. which spring is in turn connected to the su'inn'in; end of the arm 9 by being i'a.--'iened under the nut 12 before mentioned. it will be seen that the sponge or inking surface maythus be accurately adjusted to a high degree. Not only is it adpasses through one side of the rectssed end and is adapted to engage justable through the medium of the ball and socket joint but a very nice adjustment with relation to the path of the type bars may be obtained by use of the thumb nut 19. In spite of its flexibility of adjustment the device is held perfectly stationary by means of the thumb screw 7, which engages the ball 8 as before set forth.

The device must be adjusted of course with particular viewto each machine upon which it maybe used, but the foregoing construction enables it to be readily adapted" to any machine now upon the market. After once being adjusted it will. be held stationary and need not be moved unless desired, but at the same timeit can be rasily and quickly folded down out of the way if it is desired to do so.

I desire it to be understood that slight changes in the construction and in the arrangement and. combination of the various parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invent-ion, provided such changes fall within the scope of the ap pended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: c

1. An attachment for typewriters comprising a standard, an arm universally connected thereto, means for holding said arm ri 'idwith relation to said standard, an absorbent material extending from said arm.

An inking attaclnnent comprising a standard, an arm adjust ably connected thereto, absorbent material carried by said arm, and means for adjusting the end of said arm independently of its adjustable connection to said standard.

An attachment for typewriters comprising a standard, an arm carried thereby, inking material-carried by the end of said arm, a plate on the typewriter frame spaced from said standard, a rod carried by said plate and connected to said arm, and means for adjusting said rod whereby the end of said arm may also be adjusted.

4. An attachment for typewriters comprising a standard, an arm carried thereby, inking material carried by said arm, and means for adjusting the end of said arm in dependently of its adjustable connection to said standard, said means comprising a plate spaced from said standard, a rod slidably mounted with relation to said plate, a spring connecting said rod and the end of said arm, and means for sliding said rod with relation to said plate whereby the end of said arm may be adjusted.

ln a device of the character described, standard comprising two connected together plates, the upper ends of said plates formed into a socket, a ball in said socket, an arm connected to said ball, a socket carried by said arm, ink saturated material. carried by said socket, and means for laterally adjusting the swinging end of said arm.

6.1km attachmentfor typewriters comprising a standard, a sdcket in the upper end of said standard, a set screw extending into said socket, a ball in said socket, an arm connected to said ball, a socket carried by an end. of said arm, a bracket, a rod adjustably held by said bracket, a spring connecting said rod and said arm and means for regulating the tension of said spring.

VIRGIL A. KEMPER.

\Vitnesse Inns. J. Larson, JOHN GrLO'VEIZ. 

